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Topic: Tribute to George Jones |
Harold Dye
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Cullman, Alabama, USA
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Dan Behringer
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Jerseyville, Illinois
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Posted 28 Nov 2013 8:36 am |
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I read that 112 big name artists performed at George’s tribute, and I still have to wonder if that was enough to honor the greatest singer that ever lived?
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Barbara Mandrell -"A supremely magnificent, unparalleled, one-of-a-kind voice," she said. "George was and always will be the greatest singer of all time."
Merle Haggard wrote in Rolling Stone magazine that "His voice was like a Stradivarius violin: one of the greatest instruments ever made."
Brad Paisley — My friend,the greatest singer of all time has passed. To those who knew him our lives were full. To those of you who don't, discover him now!
Ricky Skaggs - "The country music singer of all time. The words 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes' has never been more true than today."
Mel Tillis - "I met George when he came to Nashville and we became good friends. I'm really going to miss him. The world has lost the greatest singer to have ever lived." --
Dolly Parton - "My heart is absolutely broken. George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world. My heart goes out to Nancy and the rest of his family." --
"There aren't words in our language to describe the depth of his greatness. I'll miss my kind and generous friend." -- Vince Gill
Garth Brooks - "The greatest voice to ever grace country music will never die. Jones has a place in every heart that ever loved any kind of music."
“If we could all sound like we wanted to, then we’d all sound like George Jones,†Waylon Jennings once said.
Charlie Daniels - George did things with his voice that nobody else would ever even think about, he'd hold on to a word, teasing it, turning it and make you wonder where he could possibly be going with it, but just at the right second he'd turn it loose and just make you smile and admire.
Billy Sherrill, George's record producer, once told me that he was the only person he ever heard make a five-syllable word out of "church".
A jury of his peers has found him guilty… of unparalleled vocal superiority. Consider some of these endorsements from fellow music legends: Frank Sinatra famously (and coyly) referred to Jones as “the second greatest singer in America.†Garth Brooks summed up the consensus view when he called him “the greatest voice ever to sing country music.†Waylon Jennings expressed a common jealousy when he said, "If we all could sound the way we wanted, we'd all sound like
George Jones." Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones put things in more honorific terms: "George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly.â€
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Anytime a musical legend goes to their rest, we talk about them joining the "great band in the sky"... Well whoever was singing lead for that heavenly band is looking for another gig now... |
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Jim Snowman Mitchell
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Leesburg, Alabama
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Posted 9 Dec 2013 11:31 pm George Jones
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I was at the Nashville show in a word INCREDIBLE!!!
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Dennis Detweiler
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Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 10 Dec 2013 12:34 pm
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Are there any live videos of Jones floating around from 1980-81?
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